INTEGRATED ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

We believe in learning English as an indispensable resource and facilitator in adapting to a globalised world, in the current context of mobility, internationalisation and interculturality. Multilingual competences are recognised as essential skills, which must be developed early to ensure the success of lifelong learning.

At To Be Schools, students benefit from an integrated learning of the English language: in an immersive and informal context – naturally present in their daily routines – and in formal academic moments – classes. They acquire the ability to communicate in English proficiently: understand, express and interpret concepts, thoughts, feelings, facts and opinions, orally and in writing (listening, speaking, reading and writing).

A team of teachers and teaching assistants develop a differentiating English project, in each To Be School, providing students with an early exposure to the English language – in nursery, preschool and primary school, inside and outside the classroom.

To Be Schools are Cambridge certified entities – Cambridge Preparation Centers for English Qualifications and Cambridge Educational Partners – taking advantage of numerous benefits that cover the entire educational community and guarantee a context of excellence in the teaching and learning of the English language. Teaching English is carried out using Cambridge University´s curriculum, resources and certification.

Innovation

At Project To Be, we proactively keep up with global changes in the area of Education and the challenges that the generations we educate, now face. We guarantee innovative and differentiated educational paradigms, in stimulating school environments, which frame our integrative vision of learning processes.

We favour the adoption of active methodologies: project-based learning, cooperative learning, problem-based learning, field research, among others. Our students are active agents in the learning process – reflecting, debating, investigating and creating – developing in numerous domains: autonomy and responsibility, involvement and motivation, communication skills, research and problem solving, critical thinking and social skills (such as tolerance and respect for differences).

Students from To Be Schools participate in multidisciplinary social impact projects, food education – To Be Healthy Project, experimental science and environmental education – Science and Environment Workshops, music and digital education (technology education and development of digital skills).

We strongly believe that learning – a continuous and lifelong process – must be global, meaningful and go beyond merely academic and formal skills. To Be Schools´ educational projects reflect this vision, by constantly looking for new ideas to improve the daily lives of our students, our families, our employees, and the communities which they belong to.

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY

Project To Be believes in the importance of mutual development of all parties of its educational communities – students, families and employees – who work together every day contributing to its improvement and by having a positive impact on local communities.

To Be Schools are family orientated schools, with a welcoming and affective atmosphere, which value the involvement and active participation of families in the students ‘educational journey. The establishment of a close and mutually trusting school-home relationship enables their essential and harmonious development and contributes to their well-being.

Parents and guardians’ involvement is encouraged in many different ways:

• Permanent contact through the Educabiz platform – a digital platform for communication and interaction between the entire school community, specifically developed for educational environment which helps the parents to follow their children’s daily life at school;
• Regular meetings for information on pedagogical and operational aspects;
• Individual meetings to provide information on the students‘ development and learning process;
• Organisation of events and activities (parties, shows, celebrations);
• To Be Parent – information sessions on/and parental education (exclusive to all the To Be families);
• Invitation to parents and other family members to contribute as speakers in lectures and webinars within their professional area of interest;
• Collaboration in Social Impact projects;
• Parents and guardians´ annual satisfaction survey.

To Be Schools encourage a close connection with local communities, establishing partnership and collaboration with public and private entities. Our students take part in pedagogical research projects, scientific, social impact (sustainability and solidarity) and sports projects, among others.

We promote regular contact with nature and outings for school trips, cultural visits and fun activities in the community, which provides our students with numerous educational experiences, in diverse and stimulating contexts, and acquire scientific, sociocultural and artistic knowledge.

From a global and local perspective, we develop multidisciplinary projects that guarantee curricular enrichment and the development of values and attitudes within the reach of education for citizenship, contributing to the education of each student as an active citizen, for an early start to the journey of providing an active and meaningful citizenship.